Published 2:24 pm, Monday, July 15, 2013

Whitey McCall had two hits and two RBI and catcher Jim Roach drove in the other run as the Black Rocks edged the Lenox AA 3-2 in the Senior City League. Ron French led the losers with three hits, including a triple. ... The combined six-hit pitching of Norman "Red" Dempsey and John Astle and the hitting of Bill Egri and Vin Lesko led the Herald Sportsmen over the Rosebuds 6-1. ... The White Eagles came up with eight runs in the top of the seventh to beat the Highlanders 9-2 as George Petrovich and Hal Decker were the leading hitters in support of winning pitcher Russ Chapman, who had a no-hitter until the fifth. Joe Arlio held the lead until the seventh but suffered the loss. ... Cec Gabriel and Red Grunik had two hits apiece in support of winning pitcher Walt Zukowski as Singer's beat Remington Arms 14-1 in the Industrial League. Ed Werner and Sonny Callahan combined for four hits in defeat. ... Joe Franco's four-hit pitching led St. Cyril's over St. Emery 6-2 in CYO action while George Bodie tripled and singled for St. Ann in a 7-3 win over St. Michael's. ... Hartford's Willie Pep beat Pat Marcune on a TKO with 14 seconds left in the 10th round at Madison Square Garden. ... Bill Sheehy was featured in Ed Shugrue's Between Ourselves column.

50 Years Ago--1963

Larry Mischik, Andrew Warde's stellar lefty and hard-hitting outfielder, was named the No. 1 pitcher on the Fairfield County Conference All-Star team. Greenwich, which was declared co-champs along with Warde, dominated the team with pitcher Ed Baird, catcher Frank Camoro, third baseman Bill Clifford and left fielder Art Fronio earning spots. Rounding out the team were: Dan DeVito, 1st base, Stamford; Bob Greenwood, 2nd base, Darien; Joe LoPiano, 3rd base, Darien; Tom Hickey, center field, Stamford Catholic; Ed Kocak, right field, Stamford and Tom Bohan, utility, Danbury. Warde catcher Doug Goodfellow earned second team honors. ... Stratford's John Papa of the Class AA Eastern League Elmira (N.Y.) Pioneers mastered the Charleston Indians 3-2 on six well-spaced hits with eight strikeouts as the Orioles farm club took over first place. Papa, in his fifth season with the organization, lowered his ERA to 2.84 and has logged 149 innings with 109 strikeouts for 33-year-old manager Earl Weaver. ... The Raybestos Cardinals swept Local 138 of Levittown, N.Y., by identical 1-0 scores. George Goodchild tripled and scored on Don Russell's single in support of Bill Massey's four-hit pitching in the opener. Dick Noerenberg followed with a two-hit, 10 strikeout effort in the nightcap and drove in Russell with the winning run in the seventh.

40 Years Ago--1973

Dick Siderowf out of Birchwood CC in Westport beat Pete Hegges of Great Britain 5-and-3 in a 36-hole final to win the British Amateur at Royal Portcawl. Siderowf became the 16th American to do so in its 87-year history. ... Walt Niestemski turned in a one-over-par 72 to capture the annual D.F. Wheeler One-Day Tournament. Defending champ Jack McConachie, Don Scinto and Don Samatulski finished two shots back. ... Manager Emmett Spillane's Stratford Collegians swept East Hartford 8-1 and 11-3 in the Connecticut Collegiate Summer Baseball League. Milford's Bob Mars pitched a two-hitter with 12 strikeouts for the win in the first game and veteran Bob Sorrentino followed with a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts. Monroe's Chuck Patrick showed the way at the plate with five hits and as many RBI while Ken Walker, Cliff Bugyi and Gary Levi also had productive days.